Chances are his comment was tongue-in-cheek, not unlike Billy Mack’s quasi-parody, Christmas is All Around Us. Thing is, Mack's single stuck, found its way to the top of England’s pop charts and became the Christmas number one single in Love Actually.

So while Johnson might not have been wholly serious, like Mack, he may be on to something this holiday season. I imagine Nats goofy COO Andrew Feffer thinking to himself: Brilliant. Done. World Series or burst.